And... back!

[loaded_march]

I actually returned home from vacation stupidly late on Wednesday, which means, once again, the getting-to and getting-from the destination is the worst part of the entire trip, while the trip itself was quite lovely.  I did no writing, got a lot of reading done, accidentally came up with two fully-fleshed out ideas for two more books, have a half-assed idea for a third one, and caught up on my sleep.

On the accountability scale, I am still at just a smidge over 60k in what I'm affectionately calling the LM-Reboot.  I did no additional writing before leaving the country, but I did do a whole lot of research in several categories -- mythology, history, weapons, martial arts -- and nearly contacted an expert in one field with specific questions, but elected not to at the time, though I did save their email address for later, just in case.

The bright side of this research is that I'm a bit more confident in the underlying premise, mainly because the underlying premise was sketchy at best (until I got to the point where I really needed to define it), which, in turn, means that I can go back and fix a Plot Thing that didn't make sense, but will, once I fix it and add in a couple more chapters to smooth things out.

In other news, I made two in-a-cup lava cakes for dessert tonight, where one cup (mine) ended up all lava, and the other cup (the Spouse's) was more cake.  The spouse is not complaining, though he would have liked a little lava, while I could've used a little less.  He compensated by adding a healthy amount of maple syrup whipped cream, while I scraped my bowl with a spoon, because no one wastes chocolate if they can help it. 

Spouse:  Did you lick the bowl?  You have chocolate all over your face.

Me: Yup!

Spouse: How old are you again?  Five?

Me (very seriously and holding up four fingers): At least six.

Comments

[velithya]

welcome back! & of course you licked out the bowl, doesn't everyone? :P

[xancredible]

Good to hear that your brain's giving you more book ideas ;) Serves as future reading stock for your fans.

Re: lava cake... you two could've just swapped bowls half-way through...